Research foci
The Department of Physics considers broad-based basic research in physics to be one of its central tasks. This is carried out using considerable third-party funding in close cooperation with national and international research groups and, in some cases, with industry. In addition to the fundamentals of physics, its applications are also the subject of research in the department.
The Department of Physics is firmly of the opinion that the formation of cross-institutional focal points within the department is an absolute prerequisite for strengthening and maintaining the efficiency of basic and applied research in the long term. It has therefore streamlined and concentrated its activities on five viable research priorities. These are:
Didactics
Geophysics
Nanophysics
Nonlinear Physics
Particle Physics
The department thus has a clear research structure based on its five forward-looking research priorities. The activities in the focus areas account for around 80% of the department's scientific work. Several of the ten institutes are involved in each of the last three focus areas. In particular, there is also close cooperation between the Institutes of Experimental and Theoretical Physics.
The current scope of scientific work in the department is only possible thanks to considerable third-party funding. In addition to individual projects, the research supported by third-party funding includes in particular several DFG research priorities and participation in two special research areas, a research group and various national and international joint projects and collaborations (DFG, BMBF, VW Foundation, EU networks). The topics dealt with in the above-mentioned focal points and research areas are listed in more detail below, organized by research group.
